The Neighborhood Blog

Your one stop shop for real estate and mortgage news

By: Lauren Sroubek

Our blog is dedicated in providing our readers quality content, beneficial information and helpful tips that are practical, useful and groundbreaking. We aim to please and give it our all by doing the heavy work if it means we are completely satisfying our viewers.

Recent Blogs

When the rates are low! Well … actually there’s a little more to it. With the recent drop in rates, you might have given some serious thought to refinancing. But will a refinance be worth all of your time and effort? Many homeowners choose to refinance in order to save money, but this doesn’t always […]

As a realtor, you always welcome any effective marketing opportunities to grow your business. One of the most traditional ways of doing this is through sending a flyer and the technology available allows you to take your flyers to the next level. And all at little or no cost to you. Sounds good, right? With […]

You’ve posted listing after listing, and yet the leads still aren’t rolling in. You frequently ask yourself, “Am I doing this right?” As a real estate broker, you pride yourself on your knowledge and expertise in the field, but what about when it comes to driving traffic to your listing? If you want more leads, […]

Lead generation is one of the most important aspects of the modern housing industry. Thanks to websites such as Zillow and Trulia, you can receive information about leads from potentially interested clients in regards to specific listings. But all is not well with this new and improved method. You’ve found that you’re paying money to […]

Ready to put up another listing? Your listing has been wonderful to your seller all these years. You’ve seen everything that’s great about it and want others to see it too. So, how do you get a home noticed? If this is your first time selling a home, you probably think one of the best […]

For the third consecutive year, Neighborhood Loans is proud to be named as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in America by INC 5000. In 2015, Neighborhood loans ranked as the 705th fastest growing company in the nation. This accomplishment is a tremendous honor for our company and a testament to the dedication that […]

With all of the ground-breaking technology you’ve seen in recent years, there’s one in particular that has taken it to the next level: sky level. And that new technology is drones. But what is a drone, you ask? A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVS). They are currently used for purposes of law enforcement, […]

Neighborhood Loans is happy to announce the Grand Opening of our brand new location in the Bucktown, neighborhood of Chicago! We are very excited to become a part of the Bucktown community, and we look forward to servicing the community and helping home buyers achieve their dreams of homeownership. Since 2009, Neighborhood Loans has grown […]

.source { font-size: 10px; margin-top: -20px; display: block; } There’s no place like home for the holidays, and for those that call Chicago home there’s certainly no shortage of holiday traditions. It may be cold around the holidays in Chicago, but it’s still one of the most wonderful times of the year in the Windy […]